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‘Women for Ken?’ A Long List of Anti-Choicers Who Don’t Trust Women

Like Akin before him, Cuccinelli also is backed by a group of intensely ideological women, each of whose roots in the anti-choice movement run very, very deep.

American Bridge has released a detailed list of the women who are a part of Women for Ken, the group of intensely ideological, anti-choice women who support Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

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DC Budget Autonomy Vote Today, Abortion Funding at Stake

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The vote could affect a longstanding match of abortion funding Ping-Pong between local residents and the federal government.

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Judge Rules Anti-Choice Terrorist Can Claim Religious Protection for Conversations with Tiller Murderer

A ruling Friday finds conversations between Angel Dillard and Scott Roeder are confidential because Dillard was acting as a minister to Roeder in prison.

A ruling Friday finds conversations between Angel Dillard and Scott Roeder are confidential because Dillard was acting as a minister to Roeder in prison.

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Texas HHS Committee Approves TRAP Bill

The state's senate health committee has approved a TRAP bill that would require abortion-providing doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within thirty miles of where the procedure is performed.

The state’s senate health committee has approved a TRAP bill that would require abortion-providing doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within thirty miles of where the procedure is performed.

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Rep. Blackburn Attempts to Tie Gosnell’s Illegal Practice to Planned Parenthood

Never let it be said that Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn let a chance to go after Planned Parenthood get passed her.

Never let it be said that Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn let a chance to go after Planned Parenthood get passed her.

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Adele Stan Joins RH Reality Check as Senior Washington Correspondent

Adele Stan

RH Reality Check is delighted to announce that on May 1, 2013, Adele Stan will join our team as our senior Washington correspondent.

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The Media and the Gosnell Case: A Case of Insecurity and a Misinformation Campaign

As one of the many journalists who has been covering the Gosnell story since it broke in early 2011, all I can say is: We tried to get the story out there.

Gosnell is the result of politicizing women’s health care, and his case, in turn, has been used to further politicize women’s health care.

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Lawsuit Filed to Block Arkansas 12-Week Abortion Ban

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Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in federal court to block Arkansas’ 12-week abortion ban.

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Legal Wrap: The Gosnell Trial, and More on Coordinated Right-Wing Manipulations

The never-ending stream of legal challenges to the birth control benefit shows how focused the extreme right is on making safe, affordable health care an impossibility in this country.

Whether it’s the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell or the birth control benefit, the radical right wing has shown it has no problems manipulating the law to push its agenda.

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Science In, Science Out: Texas Lawmakers Hear Two Very Different Abortion Bills

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One bill would remove language connecting breast cancer to abortion in the state-issued pre-abortion booklet. The other would ban abortions performed after 20 weeks post-fertilization.

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